#BornThisDay: Eccentric, Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson (Baron Berners)

By Stephen Rutledge on July 14, 2020 3:03 am

Via Wikimedia Commons July 14, 1883 - Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson: "There is a good deal to be said for frivolity. Frivolous people, when all is said … [Read more...]

#BornThisDay: Architect, Philip Johnson

By Stephen Rutledge on July 8, 2020 3:03 am

July 8, 1906– Philip Cortelyou Johnson: "All architects want to live beyond their deaths." Ohio born Philip Johnson is one of my favorite figures in the exalted field of Architecture; one of my passions, with 20th century American architecture as my focus. As I type that, I … [Read more...]

#BornThisDay: Burlesque Queen, Gracie Hansen

By Stephen Rutledge on April 9, 2020 3:03 am

Photograph via Seattle Public Library Archives April 9, 1922– Gracie Hansen: "The only difference between a rut and a grave is the dimensions." The irrepressible Gracie Hansen is remembered, if she is remembered at all, for presenting showgirls in her … [Read more...]

#OnThisDay: 1850, Los Angeles Becomes a City

By Stephen Rutledge on April 4, 2020 1:04 pm

Wikimedia Commons It all began in 1780 as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula (The Village of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels of the river of Porziuncola). Los Angeles and I have a history. My father grew up in … [Read more...]

#Flashback1911: Rare Footage of NYC (with Sound) is MESMERIZING! Watch

By Trey Speegle on March 27, 2020 9:15 am

New York City is practically a ghost town these days amid week 3 of a near total shutdown due to the coronavirus. See photographer Ruben Natal-San Miguel's recent photos of NYC sans people I posted on The WOW Report [Read more...]

#BornThisDay: Travel Writer, Robert Byron

By Stephen Rutledge on February 26, 2020 3:03 am

Via Wikimedia Commons February 7, 1905 – Robert Byron Robert Byron: traveler, wit, dandy, queer, and ornament of English upper-class society in the decade before World War II. Byron's classic travel book, The Road To Oxiana (1937) is still in print … [Read more...]

#BornThisDay: Madame de Pompadour

By Stephen Rutledge on December 30, 2019 3:03 am

Portrait by François Boucher December 30, 1721 - Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour (AKA: Madame de Pompadour, and Jeanne-Antoinette Le Normant d’Etiolles) "Après nous, le déluge." Madame de Pompadour became the mistress of French King Louis XV in the … [Read more...]

NYC’s First LGBTQ Affordable Senior Housing Opens in Brooklyn

By Stephen Rutledge on December 21, 2019 11:23 am

Courtesy of SAGE As World of Wonder's resident senior citizen, I am happy to report thatStonewall House, the first affordable LGBTQ senior housing complex in New York City, the largest in the country, opened this week. There are 145 apartments for residents 62 years or older … [Read more...]

#BornThisDay: Tastemaker, Elsie de Wolfe

By Stephen Rutledge on December 20, 2019 3:03 am

Photo by Carolyn Moss, public domain December 20, 1865– Elsie de Wolfe: "I am going to make everything around me beautiful – that will be my life." Believe it or not, the founder of the profession of the modern Interior Designer was not a gay man. That credit goes … [Read more...]

It’s Halloween and the Best Treat Is the Season Finale of Million Dollar Listing New York

By Javay Frye on October 31, 2019 8:46 am

It's Halloween and we're making trick or treating easier for you. We are giving you just the treat of the Million Dollar Listing New York season 8 finale. Don't fall for the trick of going out tonight and missing this episode! The season finale airs tonight at 8/9c on … [Read more...]